vermontpoem2012 #1

it was a fuzzy soft white delicateinch-long caterpillar two stiff black hairssticking up aslant slightly behind itssmall black head-knob two more aslantslightly before its tiny black end and spaceddown its white fuzzy back a line of twelvelittle black spots a study in black on whiteas it went about its small business that wasthis morning earlier I awoke in the dark anowl duet was in progress baritone and tenorcalling back and forth then a whole antiphonalowl chorus joined in to sing me back to sleep